After the success of Villeneuve de la Plante was approached to shoot a book for a local publisher in the Ottawa area. The subject - a gas barbecue cookbook. He said he was still in the habache phase and did not know what a gas barbecue was. It was 1983! The deal was good. A substantial day rate for the shoot or 50 cents for every book sold...de la Plante took the day rate. It seemed secure. At last count they had sold over 50,000 copies and were on to the second edition! Oh well.
